Moma Gallery Review Assignment

January 25, 2021

Additional information
This week you will take a virtual field trip to the Museum of Modern Art. There are many exhibitions presented and/or documented on the museum’s current website, from the New Photography 2020 online exhibition, to a Carrie Mae Weems installation, to many galleries presenting work in a chronological, cross-disciplinary manner:

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/ (Links to an external site.)

There is a lot to look at, watch, listen to and read. Please spend some time navigating the site.

Choose three artists or exhibitions, and write your opinion about them. This five-page essay should be an opinion piece, ready for publication in a magazine specializing in art, and therefore should only briefly touch on biographical information. For each of the three artists or exhibitions, specifically describe at least one piece to support your ideas. The goal is to make your opinion heard.

Grading Rubric

Your Moma Gallery Review Assignment will be graded based on the following rubric:

Category	Unacceptable (0-1)	Needs Improvement (2-3)	Good (4)	Excellent (5)	Total Possible Points

Organization (x3)	There is no apparent organization to the essay. It shows some coherence but ideas lack unity.	There is some level of organization though digressions, ambiguities, irrelevance are too many. Transition evident but not used throughout essay.	Essay is coherent and logically organized with transitions used between ideas and paragraphs to create coherence. Overall unity of ideas is present.	Essay shows high degree of attention to logic and reasoning of points. Unity clearly leads the reader to the conclusion and stirs thought regarding the topic.	15
Content (x3)	Essay lacks evidence of critical thinking. Uses superficial, simplistic, or irrelevant reasons and unjustifiable claims. Makes illogical, inconsistent inference.	Essay is primarily opinion without valid support. Little critical thinking is evident. Follows existing evidence to obtain conclusions.	Ideas are logical and reasoned, but demonstrate lesser degree of originality. Follows evidence and reason lead to obtain justifiable, logical conclusion.	Writer develops logical and reasoned independent ideas that go beyond predictable outcomes or the conclusions of researched materials. Follows where evidence and reason lead in order to obtain defensible, thoughtful, logical conclusions or solutions.	15
Grammar & Mechanics(x2)	Sentences are unclear and many grammatical errors in structure make essay virtually unreadable. Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and vocabulary usage contain major flaws that impede readability.	Most spelling, punctuation, and grammar correct allowing reader to progress through essay. Some errors remain.	Essay has few spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors allowing reader to follow ideas clearly. Very few fragments or run-ons.	Essay is free of distracting spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors; absent of fragments, comma splices, and run-ons.	5